A few months ago, I saw these little gems in a catalog…
But the prices were unbelievable….
One of my favorite restaurants here in Oak Cliff uses wall-mounted plumbing pipe as “log wranglers” and I comment about how much I like them every time we eat there. I have used plumbing pipe to make shelves and curtain rods before , so I knew that I could make something of a hybrid between these and the ones at Eno’s.
I started by making a box of layered 2x4s , and a 1×4 pine trim on the outside layer…
Flip flops are the required footwear for working with power tools….
The base has to be pretty substantial to hold the weight of all those logs…..so at least 3 layers, screwed together with drywall screws…..
I topped the frame with a plywood sheet cut to 18×28…….and nailed it in with brads…then gave it a quick sand to even out all the edges…..
I used a Minwax water based walnut stain ….so easy , just rub it on with a clean cloth..dries in about 2 hours. I gave it 2 coats….the more coats , the darker the finish. This stain is perfect for something that will take the abuse that this piece will…
Here’s what it looked like after it dried…..
I flipped it over and bolted on casters to the bottom with 2 inch lag screws…course I drilled pilot holes first…
Now that I had my base, all we had to do was build the plumbing pipe frame…
I laid all the plumbing pieces out on the floor of Home-Depot…and took this shot to remember the configuration…All the pipes are 3/4 inch diameter; anything smaller just seemed to thin to hold all the fire wood. We bought : 4 – 60 ” pipes, 4 – 5 ” pipes, 1 – 18″ pipe. 4 elbows, 2 tees, and 4 floor flanges.
For some reason, the flanges only come galvanized, and not black…so I sprayed them with a quick shot of 99 cent black spray paint….I always have a few cans …..(for black spray paint emergencies)
Once our pipe fixture was screwed together we bolted it to the base with 2 inch lag screws…it now looks exactly like this……
I am absolutely thrilled with the final results…not really that much cheaper than the original ( 60 bucks for 5 foot pipes, 60 bucks for 4 casters….etc). But we made it ourselves…..and in just one afternoon. I think it took longer to carry all the firewood into the house to load the thing……..
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I really love it! Priceless if you know it is made by you!
It would have been almost cheaper,…and certainly easier, to buy the other one…..but the home-made plumbing pipe fixture is way more personal….
Nice Job on the rack and I will be using your idea for a rack myself. Only thing different will be that I will be building the frame (2×4) , applying the plywood then using pine 1″x 6″ ripped so that it covers the plywood edge . Once again great Idea and thanks !
Daniel, that sounds great. We’d love to see a picture when you’re done. If I ever make a second one (and I’ve had requests) I will use 1 inch pipe instead of 3/4……to really hold the weight of the logs.
Quick update on the firewood holder that I coppied…I saw them at the store in the “deep discount” section…the tall one was $40 and the short was $20……and both were half off the sale price….No worries…I like mine much better ….
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Never painted mine black, never built another one, but here is what I whipped up last year with the same idea: http://twitpic.com/6anadp
OK, we absolutely love that !!!!! just might inspire us for something on the side of the house. We do so many things with pipe around the homestead….wait ’till you see our garage.. we are lining the ceiling with pipe to hang signs….
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may i ask where u saw the originals we rnt nearly as handy as u
Wisteria, but they don’t sell them online anymore. We saw them at the Wisteria clearance center a few months ago for 20$ each….
Where was the store/catalog u saw the originals in? We aren’t nearly as handy as u
Where did u see the holders at?
Wisteria, http://www.wisteria.com/ I don’t think they were very popular…I saw them at the outlet a couple of months ago…..
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